The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 34th Edition

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Edition: 34th
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
Publisher(s): House of Collectibles
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Summary

An updated, easy-access guide lists every comic book ever printed, from the 1800s to the present, and is complemented by detailed market reports by experts in the field, exclusive feature articles, a directory of Web sites, extensive indexes, collector's tips, a section on graphic novels, and more than 1,500 photographs. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 14(34)
About This Book 48(1)
How To Use This Book
48(1)
New Comic Books
48(1)
Comic Book Values
48(1)
How Comics Are Listed
48(1)
What Comics Are Listed
48(1)
New Comic Listings
49(1)
Grading
49(5)
How To Grade
49(1)
Grading Definitions
49(3)
Dust Jackets
52(1)
Restored Comics
52(1)
Scarcity Of Comics
53(1)
Collecting Comics
54(1)
Polybagged Comics
54(1)
Collecting on a Budget
54(1)
Collecting Artists or Companies
54(1)
Collecting #1 Issues
54(1)
Back Issues
55(1)
Preservation & Storage
55(1)
Buying & Selling
56(2)
Selling Your Comics
56(1)
Where To Buy And Sell
57(1)
Comic Conventions
58(1)
Comic Book Fandom
58(1)
Related Collectibles
59(1)
Foreign Edition Comics
59(1)
Newspaper Strips
59(1)
Original Art
59(1)
Toys and More
59(1)
Cover Bar Codes
59(1)
Comic Book Reprints
60(1)
Publishers' Codes
60(1)
Timely/Marvel/Atlas Codes
60(1)
Comic Book Artists
61(1)
Artists' First Work
61(1)
Market Report 2003
62(41)
Robert M. Overstreet
Market Comparison Chart
103(1)
Key Sales 2003
104(11)
Top 100 Golden Age
115(2)
Top 10 Platinum Age
117(1)
Top 10 Silver Age
117(1)
Top 10 Bronze Age
117(1)
Top 10 Crime
117(1)
Top 10 Horror
118(1)
Top 10 Romance
118(1)
Top 10 Sci-Fi
118(1)
Top 10 Western
118(1)
First Ad Section
119(130)
PRICE GUIDE LISTINGS
Big Little Books
249(21)
Introduction
249(1)
Grading
249(1)
A Word on Pricing
250(1)
BLB Listings
251(19)
The American Comic Book: 1842-2002 The Marketing of a Medium
270(30)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Sol M. Davidson
Robert L. Beerbohm
Promotional Comics Listings
274(26)
The American Comic Book: 1646-1890s Origins of American Comic Strips Before the Yellow Kid
300(31)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Victorian Age Listings
319(12)
The American Comic Book: 1883-1935 A Multitude of Varied Formats Fight it Out in the Marketplace
331(24)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Platinum Age Listings
340(15)
The American Comic Book: 1929-Present The Modern Comic Books Supplant the Earlier Formats
355(102)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Main Price Guide Listings
366(91)
Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated Understanding Classics
457(449)
Dan Malan
Second Ad Section
906(29)
Business Card Ads
935(2)
Classified Ads
937(2)
Shop Directory
939(4)
Glossary
943(5)
FEATURE ARTICLES
Comic Book Ages: Defining Eras
948(4)
Arnold T. Blumberg
J.C. Vaughn
Douglas Gillock
70 Years and Still Quacking
952(4)
J.C. Vaughn
Going Green: The Best of The Hulk
956(1)
Arnold T. Blumberg
(JOE) Simon Says
956(4)
J.C. Vaughn
Comic Book Charities: Lifelines of the Industry
960(7)
Dale Moore
Cover Gallery 967(39)
Price Guide Back Issues 1006(2)
Article Index 1008(2)
Overstreet Advisors 1010(2)
Advertisers Index 1012

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